Niklas Gudmundsson
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Niklas Lars Roger Gudmundsson | ||
Date of birth | 29 February 1972 | ||
Place of birth | Trönninge, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder, forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Trönninge IF | |||
1986–1988 | Halmstads BK | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1988–1996 | Halmstads BK | 158 | (52) |
1995–1996 | → Blackburn Rovers (loan) | 4 | (0) |
1996–1997 | Blackburn Rovers | 2 | (0) |
1997 | → Ipswich Town (loan) | 10 | (3) |
1997–2000 | Malmö FF | 72 | (10) |
2001–2002 | IF Elfsborg | 19 | (2) |
2003–2007 | Ängelholms FF | ||
Total | 265 | (67) | |
International career | |||
1987–1988 |
Sweden U17 | 21 | (6) |
1989–1991 |
Sweden U20 | 23 | (15) |
1990–1993 |
Sweden U21/O | 28 | (6) |
1996 | Sweden B | 1 | (0) |
1991–1995 |
Sweden | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Niklas Lars Roger Gudmundsson (born 29 February 1972) is a Swedish former professional
Club career
Early career and Halmstads BK
Born in
During the
Blackburn Rovers
After finishing in the third place at the 1995 Allsvenskan, Gudmundsson moved to Premier League side Blackburn Rovers first on a loan until March 1996, when he was purchased for £1 million.[3][4]
He made his debut for the 1994–95 FA Premier League champions in a 3–0 win against Sheffield Wednesday on 20 January 1996.[5] He made a total of four appearances for the Rovers while on loan before getting injured and also had two appearances in the 1996–97 season, all of them coming from the bench.
Loan to Ipswich
In March 1997, Gudmundsson was loaned to Ipswich Town, scoring three goals in ten Football League First Division games.[6] Although he impressed at the club, they were unable to afford his transfer fee and he returned to Blackburn Rovers.
Malmö FF
After returning to Blackburn, Gudmundsson was out of the plans of the new coach Roy Hodgson and was transferred to Malmö FF with the English club receiving Anders Andersson in the deal.[7] He played at Malmö FF until the end of 2000 and was targeted by Norwegian club Bryne FK after being relegated in the 1999 Allsvenskan, but no deal was completed.[8]
IF Elfsborg, Ängelholms FF, and retirement
In 2001, Gudmundsson moved to IF Elfsborg,[9] winning the 2000–01 Svenska Cupen.[10] He played only three league matches in 2002[11] due to a knee injury.[12] In 2003, he signed for Ängelholms FF,[13] playing for the club until 2007.[14]
International career
Gudmundsson played for all the national team ranks, amassing a total of 26 goals in 81 appearances combining youth, Olympic and senior matches.[15]
Youth
Gudmundsson was part a member of the
In 1992, he played at both legs of the 1992 UEFA European Under-21 Championship final.[20][21]
Gudmundsson played in three of the four matches that
Senior
Gudmundsson made his debut for the senior
Personal life
Niklas is the father of Lille OSC player Gabriel Gudmundsson.[29]
Career statistics
International
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Sweden
|
1991 | 1 | 0 |
1992 | 0 | 0 | |
1993 | 0 | 0 | |
1994 | 0 | 0 | |
1995 | 6 | 0 | |
Total | 7 | 0 |
Honours
Halmstads BK
IF Elfsborg
- Svenska Cupen: 2000–01
References
- ^ "Flown from the Nest - Niklas Gudmundsson".
- ^ "Nyheter - Halmstads BK".
- ^ "New Straits Times - Pesquisa de arquivos de notícias Google".
- ^ "BBC News | FA Carling Premiership | Boom and bust the Blackburn way".
- ^ "Blackburn Rovers VS Sheffield Wednesday Match overview Premier League 95/96".
- ^ "Niklas Gudmundsson | Football Stats | No Club | Age 49 | 1995-1997 | Soccer Base".
- Independent.co.uk. 23 October 2011. Archivedfrom the original on 21 June 2022.
- ^ "Vurderer Peter Olofsson, Ragnvald Soma venter - Aftenbladet.no". www.aftenbladet.no. Archived from the original on 7 April 2016.
- ^ "SvenskaFans".
- ^ "Sweden 2001".
- ^ "Niklas Gudmundsson — svenskfotboll.se". svenskfotboll.se. Archived from the original on 22 February 2015.
- ^ http://m.hallandsposten.se/sport/fotboll/1.4108643-niklas-gudmundsson-minns-em-finalen-92 [dead link]
- ^ "Förlust i matchens sista spark". 11 August 2003.
- ^ https://svenskfotboll.se/cuper-och-serier/arkiv/tidigare/2007/04/svcupen-utsikten-och-skovde-overraskade/ [dead link]
- ^ "Kvastarna.se Login".
- ^ "Official documents" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2015.
- ^ "Sweden - U21 EURO - Squad".
- ^ "Worldfootball.net".
- ^ "Worldfootball.net".
- ^ "Worldfootball.net".
- ^ "Worldfootball.net".
- ^ "FIFA".
- ^ "FIFA".
- ^ "FIFA".
- ^ http://www.uefa.com/under21/season=1994/statistics/round=570/players/type=topscorers/index.html [dead link]
- ^ "International Matches 1991 - Europe, July-December".
- ^ "International Matches 1995 - Europe, April-June".
- ^ a b "Niklas Gudmundsson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "Svensk succédoldis jagas av storklubbar: "Visat vad jag går för"". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 1 February 2022.
External links
- Niklas Gudmundsson at National-Football-Teams.com
- Niklas Gudmundsson at Soccerbase
- Profile